He did issue an order on a standard two-page form, called an “AO-247,” reducing Chavez-Meza’s sentence to 114 months. In the opening paragraph of the form, the judge checked a box indicating that he ...

Yesterday, in Chavez-Meza v.United States, the Supreme Court resolved a circuit split regarding whether the district court must give an explanation at all for its decision in a sentencing-modification ...

The defense and prosecution stipulated that Unger can seek “post-conviction relief in the form of permission to file a belated Motion for Modification of Sentence and an Application for Review ...

But on Feb 6, 2024, the Riegers received a letter that Crespo had requested the sentence modification hearing. “We were told that we wouldn’t hear from the judicial branch anymore.